NDSU Innovation Challenge Awards to be announced

02/13/2017

Hoge

The Innovation Challenge Awards Ceremony is set for Tuesday, Feb. 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Fargodome. The annual student innovation competition features new, unique or re-imagined products and services developed by NDSU students. It is sponsored by the NDSU Research and Technology Park in partnership with the NDSU Office of the Provost.

The luncheon event’s keynote speaker is scheduled to be Scott Beaulier, dean of business. His talk is titled “Academic Alchemy: Melding learning with doing in business education.”

The awards ceremony will recognize the winning teams from Innovations Challenge ’17, where a total of 86 students in 40 teams competed in four categories: Product, Service, Agriculture and Social Impact. The winner in each category will receive a $5,000 prize, second place is $1,000 and third place is $500. Innovation Challenge Showcase attendees also voted for the $1,000 “People’s Choice Award.”

“It’s important to take time to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of the Innovation Challenge students and all the community organizations that work to support innovation and entrepreneurship at NDSU,” said Chuck Hoge, executive director of the NDSU Research and Technology Park. “We are looking forward to using this year’s awards luncheon as the starting point rather than the finish line when it comes to supporting students in their entrepreneurial endeavors.”

In addition, the recipient of the Ozbun Entrepreneurial Fellowship will be announced. The fellowship is a collaboration between the NDSU College of Business and the NDSU Research and Technology Park. It recognizes students who are interested in pursuing entrepreneurship in their education and in their careers.

The deadline for registration for the award ceremony is Friday, Feb. 23.

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